Garment-suspension means



L. M. DANKLEFS GARMENT SUSPENSION MEANS Filed Feb. 24, 1925 jfttbryywPatented July 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES LEWIS M. DANKLEFS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT-SUSPENSION MEANS.

Application filed February 24, 1925. Serial No. 11,126.

It is the object of this invention to provide supporting means adaptedfor suspension from the arms of a coat hanger so as to engage trousers,skirts, or the like for suspending the same from the hanger, thesupporting means being readily mounted on or removed from the coathanger, and gripping the latter so as to releasably hold the supports inadjusted position longitudinally of the hanger arms.

More particularly it is the object of the invention to providesuspension members of extremely simple and inexpensive construction,making it possible to supply said members gratis with the usualinexpensive coat hangers such as are usually supplied without chargewith garments returned from a cleaning establishment.

It is a further object of the invention to mount the suspension memberson a coat hanger without changing the construction of the latter in anyway, and to clamp the suspension members in adjusted position along thehanger arms, irrespective of the width of the latter.

The invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionof the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a coat hanger with the improvedsuspension hooks.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the arm of a coat hanger showingthe hook mounted thereon.

A coat hanger of inexpensive construction, such as usually supplied witha garment returned from the cleaners, isshown as an arcuate strip ofwood or the like, designated by the numeral 1, and having the usualsuspension hook 2 medially of its length.

In order to deliver trousers, skirts, etc., with a. coat or the likemounted on the hanger proper, suspension members are mounted on the armsof the hanger and engage the waist band of the trousers or the likewhich are to be suspended therefrom.

The suspension members are mounted on the hanger without change in theconstruc- 'tion of the latter, and are of such inexpensive constructionthat they may be supplied gratis to the customers of a cleaningestablishment and thrown away after use.

For this purpose the suspension members are shown as wires bent to formdepending shanks 3, with pointed hooks 4 at the lower ends thereofadapted to pierce the garment to be supported thereby.

The suspension hooks, are adapted for quick-detachable mounting on thearms of hanger 1, so that trousers, etc., may be engaged by the hooks,and the latter then slipped on the arms of the hanger which is adaptedto receive the corresponding coat or the like. As an instance of thisarrangement the upper ends of shanks 3 are bent forwardly as shown at 5,thence downwardly as shown at 6, and finally rearwardly as shown at 7,in order to form a loop adapted to slide on the hanger arm.

Meansare provided in the loops for frictionally clamping the same inadjusted po sition along the hanger arms, and since the coat hangerssuch as will be used with the suspension hooks are of somewhat variablewidth but substantially uniform thickness, the clamping means areadapted to engage the sides of the hanger arms so as to insure anefficient clamping action on any hanger.

The clamping means are shown as inwardly bowed offsets 8 in the frontportions of the suspension loops, adapted to frictionally engage theside of the hanger so as to hold the hooks in adjusted position, butpermitting said clamping action to be readily manually overcome, so thatthe hooks may be shifted longitudinally of the hanger or disengagedtherefrom, by sliding the loops of the hook structures along the hangerarms.

By providing the clamping means at the side of the hanger, a snug fit ofthe retaining loops on the vertical width of the hanger arms is notessential, and the loops may therefore be made of a size to accommodatethe usual variations in such vertical width.

When a garment is suspended from a pair of hooks mounted on the arms ofa hanger, the hooks are spread apart as far as possible, so that thetension of the suspended garment will tend to tilt the hook structures,and thereby provide additional clamping means by the engagement of theportions 5 and 7 of the retaining loops, with the top and bottom of thehanger.

I claim:

A garment suspension means adapted for removable mounting upon a coathanger which consists of an arcuate strip having supporting meansmedially thereof, said suspension means comprising a shank having agarment piercing hook at one end thereof and bent at its opposite end toform a closed loop conforming substantially to the cross-sectionalcontour of the arcuate strip and adapted to be slipped over the end ofsaid arcuate strip and slid along the same by pressure lengthwise of thearcuate strip and against the suspension means at its loop end, saidloop having an inwardly bowed yieldable portion medially of one side ofthe loop adapted to automatically frictionally engage the side of thearcuate strip and thereby twist the loop on an axis at said inwardlybowed portion instead of shifting the suspension means along the arcuatestrip 1 When a strain lengthwise of the arcuate strip is initiallyplaced upon the hook end of the suspension means, said twisting of theloop clamping its top and bottom against the top and bottom of thearcuate Strip to 20 In testimony whereof I have affixed my 25 signatureto this specification.

LElVIS M. DANKLEFS.

